Parvovirus B19 infection and severe anaemia in Kenyan children: A retrospective case control study

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Wildig, James ^a   Cossart, Yvonne ^a   Peshu, Norbert ^b   Gicheru, Nimmo ^b   Tuju, James ^b   Williams, Thomas N ^b,c   Newton, Charles R ^b,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b KEMRI WELLCOME TRUST RESEARCH PROGRAMME   (Kenya)

^c JOHN RADCLIFFE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; VIRUS DNA; VIRUS ANTIBODY;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN PARVOVIRUS B19; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA FALCIPARUM; PARVOVIRUS INFECTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; BLOOD; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; VIROLOGY;

ANEMIA; ANTIBODIES, VIRAL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; DNA, VIRAL; ENZYME-LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN M; KENYA; PARVOVIRIDAE INFECTIONS; PARVOVIRUS B19, HUMAN; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 77950538994     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-10-88     Document Type: Article

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